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Простите, mой русский язык ограничен.
- (pra-STEE-tye, moy ROO-skee YAH-zik o-gra-NEE-chen)
- 'I'm sorry. My Russian is limited.'
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что это?
- (shto e-TA)
- 'What is that (this)?'
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вот он. / вот оно.
- (vot on / ah-NO)
- 'There he (it) is.'
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где чай?
- (g-DYE chay)
- 'Where is the tea?'
- Lit. 'Where tea?'
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Простите, это вино?
- (pra-STEE-tye e-TA vee-NO)
- 'Excuse me, is this the wine?
- The 'это (object)' construction is the same for either the question or the answer, only differing in punctuation, essentially 'This wine?' 'This wine.'
- Russian also has no present form of 'to be' such as 'is' and no articles such as 'an' or 'the'.
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"спасибо." "пожалуйста."
- (spa-SEE-ba ... pa-ZHAL-sta)
- 'Thank you.' 'You're welcome / Don't mention it."
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простите, как вас зовут?
'Excuse me, what is your name?"
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Вы меня понимаете?
'Do you understand me?'
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Вы говорите по-русски?
'Do you speak Russian?'
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Меня зовут Джон.
'My name is John.'
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Очень приятно
'Very pleasant (nice) (to meet you).
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Вы знаете, где Джон?
'Do you know where John is?'
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Где вы живете?
'Where do you live?'
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Я живу в Америке.
'I live in America.'
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